Lionsgate may team Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence for a comedy series

No. This doesn't sound like a recipe for disaster at all.

Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury are looking to pair Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence in a TV comedy, according to Deadline.com.

The Grammer/Lawrence project doesn't have any of those pesky things like "a writer" or "a premise," but the site says that it will be a buddy series with "an odd couple feel."

The potential comedy also doesn't have a network home, but it's expected that it would be set up with the same structure as previous Debmar-Mercury productions like "Anger Management," "House of Payne," "Meet The Browns" and "Are We There Yet," in that it would have a 10-episode initial order with the subsequent triggering of a back-90 order if certain thresholds are met.

Grammer is coming off a two-season, Golden Globe-winning run on Starz' boss, while Lawrence starred in a CBS comedy pilot last development season.

Photo Credit: Starz

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They NEED Bale as Batman! Like Robert Downey Jr. giving credibility to Iron Man which made people vested in not only him but essentially gave way to the needed foundation of the Avengers- Bale does the same thing for Batman. The only way JL works is if Bale is Batman. People already love Bale's version why not use that love as the springboard for JL???

The only problem is that Bale would never do it. The studio would cast him in a heartbeat, likely at whatever salary he wants, they arent the ones keeping this from becoming a reality. Their willingness to cast JGL is simply an idea they are floating because they are desperate to connect Nolan's Batman series to the new justice league universe for exactly the reason you stated for Downey and the avengers.

I agree except for when you say Bale wouldn't do it. The key is getting Nolan to be involved somehow (best would be if he directed). Bale has said that he would gladly put on the suit again if Nolan was behind it. I know Nolan has said he's not going to be involved in the JL but he's the key behind the only way the JL will ever be as big as the Avengers. Get Nolan and we get Bale as Batman and then off we go to major success for everyone!!

Sadly DC was beaten to the punch, and badly, by the Avengers. No matter what at this point its going to seem like a knockoff, especially if they do a similar run of solo movies. JLA is not being made if Avengers wasn't so big.
I'd rather DC focus on putting out top notch solo films such as the recent Nolan trilogy and (hopefully) Man of Steel. DC shouldn't feel pressured to copy marvel's blueprint.